Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ashleigh

Gender

Male

Origin

English
ash meadow

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ashleigh

Pronunciation

ash()-hleigh

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #2901, 21 births); most recent 2008 (rank #11022, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #175, 1,716 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6838, 16 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–16
2024–28
2023–21
2022–27
2021–34
2020–35
2019–42
2018–54
2017–74
2016–88

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #402, 52 births); most recent 2009 (rank #3226, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #58, 1,081 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–9
2024–16
2023–21
2022–29
2021–28
2020–30
2019–47
2018–44
2017–51
2016–64

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #170, 28 births); most recent 2021 (rank #740, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #25, 266 births); most recent 2021 (rank #792, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #87, 27 births); most recent 2016 (rank #440, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1983 (rank #117, 34 births); most recent 2011 (rank #492, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence